UMR’s name change conversation is about to become more public

Some of you have read on this blog (or on Karine Joly’s, or Robert French’s) about the proposal to change the name of my employer, the University of Missouri-Rolla. At 11 a.m. today, that discussion will become more public. That’s when UMR Chancellor John F. Carney III plans to announce the recommended he has submitted to the University of Missouri and its board of curators.

Since sending out a media advisory Thursday afternoon, the Name Change Conversations blog has been moderately abuzz, with traffic surging from an average of about 110 unique visitors per day to 353 yesterday. Commenting has heated up, too, but some of those comments — from “insiders” who have gotten the scoop — are being held until after the 11 a.m. announcement.

Fun times to be a higher ed blogger.

Author: andrewcareaga

Former higher ed PR and marketing guy at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) now focused on freelance writing and editing and creative writing, fiction and non-fiction. View all posts by andrewcareaga